Diodotus

Diodotus (493 BC-) was an Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War.

Biography
Diodotus was born in Athens in 493 BC to an aristocratic family, and he was the son of Eucrates. He became a member of the Aristocratic Party and commanded the garrison of Chalcis, and he became a prominent opponent of the radical imperialist Cleon at the time of the Peloponnesian War. In 427 BC, he opposed Cleon's proposal to kill the adult male population of Mytilene and enslave the women and children, as he represented the pro-Pericles, moderate faction of Athenian politics.